Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 28. Body depth increasing with size of fish. Second supra-maxilla a mere splint. Lower gill rakers 100 to 166; longest gill rakers on lower part of arch less than corresponding gill filaments. Teeth on hind edge of scales wider than gaps between them; a median series of pre-dorsal scales. A large dark mark behind gill opening, followed by longitudinal streaks along flank.

Common Names

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Dorosoma batávská , Czech , Czechia

Indonesisk kråsesild , Danish , Denmark

Indonesian gizzard shad , English , Papua New Guinea

Indonesian gizzard shad , English , Global

Indoneesia tömpninaheeringas , Estonian , Estonia

印尼無齒鰶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

印度尼西亚无齿鰶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Indonesisk Chacunda , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Dorosomatidae

Genus: Anodontostoma

Species: Anodontostoma selangkat (Bleeker, 1852)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-Pacific: Indian Ocean (Andaman Islands - a single Day specimen), Java Sea, the Philippines and eastward to Bismarck Archipelago.

Biology

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Occurs inshore. Its biology is probably similar to A. chacunda.

Habitat

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brackish